U.S. Athletes Given Secret Beijing Pollution Masks
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| Deadspin found this 30 days ago on www.sportsbybrooks.com [flag] |
There’s a reason that whenever you see photos of the Chinese masses heading through the city, every single one of them is wearing a medical mask: The air quality there sucks.
Which is why it’s not surprising that the U.S. Olympic Committee is apparently developing a high-tech mask in secrecy to be used during the Beijing Olympics. The WALL STREET JOURNAL has the specifics ...
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America Deploying Secret Pollution-Fighting Masks For Olympic Athletes to Wear [Olympics]
Published 30 days ago by Clay Travis at Deadspin
... it has supplied the British team with a device called the Sportsta. It is made of neoprene and features state-of-the-art valves. Remember the debate about whether George W. Bush should attend the opening ceremonies? Maybe he should go in a mask. Other countries would be happier and he'd actually make liberal environmentalists happy too. See, everybody wins. Olympic athletes wearing masks could cause China to lose face [Wall Street Journal] US athletes given secret Beijing pollution masks [SportsbyBrooks] ...
